Spot-fixing high on agenda at ICC executive board meeting

The International Cricket Council's (ICC) executive board meet will centre around spot-fixing allegations.

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ITGD Bureau

New Delhi

October 12, 2010

UPDATED: October 12, 2010 15:16 IST

Spot-fixing allegations against three Pakistan players and the Future Tours Programme from 2012 to 2020 are the main agenda items that the International Cricket Council's (ICC) executive board will discuss at its two-day meet, beginning in Dubai on Tuesday.

Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were provisionally suspended by the ICC after allegations surfaced that the two pacers took bribes for bowling deliberate no-balls during the Lord's Test against England, while Butt acted as the facilitator.

"The ICC board, which has a zero-tolerance approach to corruption in cricket, will be updated on the spot-fixing allegations against three Pakistan players during a recent tour to England," an ICC release said.

"In accordance with the provision of the code, all three have appealed that provisional suspension and the independent hearing will take place in Doha, Qatar, on 30 and 31 October and will be chaired by the head of the ICC code of conduct commission, Michael Beloff, QC," it added.

The board will also consider the recommendations from the ICC chief executives' committee (CEC), which met in Cape Town last month.

These recommendations seek to give context and content for international cricket within the Future Tours Programme (FTP) after 2012 and also to consider future ICC events. According to the ICC, the board will consider a lot of the recommendations including that the FTP should consist of a Test league to provide context for all Test matches.

The league would determine the top four teams to qualify for an ICC Test play-off.

The other recommendations include that the play-off should be held once every four years to determine the Test champion team with a request to hold the first such playoff in 2013.

Another recommendation is that the FTP should also consist of a One-Day International league, the first to run from April 2011 until April 2014, culminating in the crowning of an ODI league champion.

This would run separate to the ICC Cricket World Cup. Another proposal sees the World Cup consisting of a 10-team format from 2015 and the World Twenty20 consisting of a 16-team format from 2012, with the women's event continuing to run alongside.

The board will also hear reports from the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on cricket development in China while New Zealand Cricket, which has a principle partnership agreement with the United States Cricket Association, will report on progress in America.

With inputs from PTI

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